Improvement in washing-machines



J. J. SCHROYER.

Improvement in Washing Machines.

Patented Nov..2,1,1871.

M'fesses.

UNITED STATES FCE.

JOSEPH J. SOHROYER, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO ELIJAH C. MATHENY, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,203, dated November 21, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. ScHRoYER, of Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wshing-lVIachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this speciication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

The drawing is a representation of a vertical longitudinal section of my invention.

This invention has relation to cylinder washing-machines 5 and the noveltyT consists in the im proved construction of the cylinder with valves and buckets, as hereinafter described, the object being to subject the clothes to greater agitation, friction, and saturation so as to more thoroughly clean them.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Arepy resents a boiler or tank, designed to contain water, and to hold within it the rotary washingcylinder, of which B is the inner casing. Said casing is constructed with longitudinal corru gations b of an angular form, and perforated so as to let water pass through from the boiler into the interior of said casing. G is a deep recess,

which creates a ridge inside the easing B. Its

object is two-fold, viz., to carry water as the cylinder rotates, letting it pass into the casing B and through the perforations c, and to raise the clothes inside said casing so that they may fall 'om side to side, and thus be well agitated. The depth of this recess causes the water to be conducted directly to the center ofthe clothes; while, from its position, which is directly opposite the rounds of the door, it has a tendency to throw the bulk of clothes against them, and thus increase the amount of friction or rubbing which it is designed to give them, so that they may be thoroughly cleaned. Diudicatesanumber of parallel rounds, made of Wood or other suitable material. They occupy a small section of the circumference of the casing B, serving to close up an aperture through which the clothes are placedin and taken from the cylinder. The ends of said rounds rest between segmental anges d d1, of which the latter has a small opening at d2 to allow them to be arranged. The rounds are constructed With enlarged ends so that, when arranged side by side, there shall be intervening interstices between them, which the water will pass through. The round which occupies the end of the set nearest the openin g d2 is provided with a latch, d3, which enables it to be secured so as not to fall out of place when the cylinder is turned around. The end of this latch enters a suitable hole in one end oi' the cylinder-head. F indicates a wash-board, arranged on the bottom of the boiler A, directly underneath thel cylinder, and in such a position that, when the latter is turned, the rounds D shall pass over and close to it, or slightly in contact. The smaller articles of clothing-such as wristbands, collars, &c.- which are likely to slip partly through the spaces between the rounds D, are rubbed against the wash-board F, and cleaned more fully than by the mere agitation. or friction against the interior of the casing B. Gr represents the outer casing of the washing-cylinder. It consists of a number of segmental plates, separated by narrow intervening spaces from each other and from the casin g B. Each of the plates Gis furnished with two hinged valves, H, extending from one end to the other of the cylinder, and arranged one at each side edge of the plates. They are arranged to open inwardly, and alternately open and close according to the direction in which the cylinder is revolved. These valves cause a bucket, Z, to be produced behind each of the plates G. Into these buckets the water is taken from the boiler A, each of the lower valves being closed against one of the walls of the inner casing corrugations, and is carried up and let fall in showers through the perforations of the inner casing onto the clothes, thereby beating and saturating them in such a way as to cleanse them thoroughly. The cylinder is supported on spindles I, and is operated by a crank, J.

In washing', the proper course is to turn the cylinder in one direction for a short time, and then reverse its motion. The valves will work either Way-those which are opened by turning the cylinder one way, being closed by the reverse motion.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the boiler A, of the rotating cylinder G having transverse openings, corrugated and perforated inner cylinder or casing B, and valves H, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the boiler A, the per- In testimony that I claim the above I have forated bucket C, forming a Wall inside the oashereunto subscribed my name in the presence 0 ing B of the cylinder, said Wall extending to or two Witnesses.

nearly to the center of said cylinder, substan- JOSEPH J, SOHROYER. tially as specified.

3. The combination, with the boilei.n A, of a 10- Witnesses: 13a-ting cylinder provided With buckets Z and JOHN A. HUGHES, H, substantially as specified. A. P. SMITH. (91) 

